Non-x86 server sales drop

According to International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Server Tracker, spending on non-x86 servers slumped 22.5% annually in 3Q10, with sales of $939.3 million, reports ITP.net.

This is a far cry from their peak of $3.7 billion in Q4 1996. This is the first time since IDC records began in 1996 that sales for this segment were under $1 billion.

However, there is some evidence of rising demand in the upcoming quarters, as IT organisations, banking, government and telecos are looking to upgrade their servers as updated products are being released, according to IDC.

Google licensed Adobe Content Server 4 software as its e-book content protection solution for Google e-Book, states Info Tech.

The Adobe Content Server is the most pervasive digital rights management solution for e-books and other digital publications as more than 200 publishers and distributors worldwide have now deployed the server, the company says.

With the help of Adobe Content Server, customers can purchase or lend e-books through thousands of points-of-purchase without being tied to one store.

Oracle has revealed plans to make its server operating system (OS) offerings the top products in their respective fields through ambitious plans for redesign of the software, notes Codestone.

According to Paul Rubens of Server Watch, network, storage and server virtualisation will be included as standard alongside the product offerings that Oracle hopes to become more popular, with the firm planning a complete reworking of the Solaris 11 OS and its Linux counterpart.

Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle, told InfoWorld: "Solaris is clearly the number one Unix and we're working very hard at making Oracle Enterprise Linux the number one Linux."